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Kite Ventures

Founders Edward Shenderovich

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Total investments 34
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$36M
Portfolio companies 22
Rounds per year 2.43
Lead investments 5
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.35
Exits 12
Key employees 2
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Late Stage Venture

Areas of investment

  • E-Commerce
  • Internet
  • Food Delivery
  • Same Day Delivery
  • Mobile
Summary

Kite Ventures is the famous VC, which was founded in 2008. The venture was found in Europe in Russian Federation. The leading representative office of defined VC is situated in the Moscow.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 4-5 participants. Despite the Kite Ventures, startups are often financed by Team Europe, Point Nine Capital, Hasso Plattner Ventures. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Team Europe, e.ventures, Point Nine Capital. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by HV Holtzbrinck Ventures, e.ventures, Kreos Capital.

The high activity for fund was in 2013. Opposing the other organizations, this Kite Ventures works on 7 percentage points more the average amount of lead investments. The fund is generally included in 2-6 deals every year. The top amount of exits for fund were in 2017. The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars. The typical startup value when the investment from Kite Ventures is 500 millions - 1 billion dollars. Speaking about the real fund results, this VC is 7 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations.

Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 2-3 years to get the investment from the fund. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Groupon, Delivery Hero, Dataminr. For fund there is no match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - Germany. Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are Shopping, Mobile. The fund has no specific favorite in a number of founders of portfolio startups. When startup sums 1 or 3 of the founder, the probability for it to get the investment is little.

The fund was created by Edward Shenderovich. We also calculated 2 valuable employees in our database.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

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Auctions
E-Commerce
Internet
$49M30 Mar 2015 Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Helpling

Apps
Home Services
Internet
Marketplace
Real Estate
$45M25 Mar 2015 Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Plated

Cooking
E-Commerce
Hospitality
Social Media Management
$15M09 Aug 2014 New York, New York, United States

Auctionata

Auctions
E-Commerce
Internet
$30M15 Apr 2014 Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Plated

Cooking
E-Commerce
Hospitality
Social Media Management
$5M06 Jan 2014 New York, New York, United States

Merchantry

E-Commerce
Information Technology
Marketplace
SaaS
$7M07 May 2013 New York, New York, United States

Plated

Cooking
E-Commerce
Hospitality
Social Media Management
$1M02 Apr 2013 New York, New York, United States

Trends Brands

E-Commerce
Fashion
$4M01 Feb 2013 Moscow

Delivery Hero

E-Commerce
Food Delivery
Internet
Same Day Delivery
$29M01 Apr 2012 Berlin, Berlin, Germany

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Total investments 34
Average round size 36M
Rounds per year 2.43
Peak activity year 2011
Lead investments 5
Follow on index 0.35
Exits 12
Group Appearance index 0.91

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Auctionata

Auctions
E-Commerce
Internet
$49M30 Mar 2015 Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Helpling

Apps
Home Services
Internet
Marketplace
Real Estate
$45M25 Mar 2015 Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Plated

Cooking
E-Commerce
Hospitality
Social Media Management
$15M09 Aug 2014 New York, New York, United States

Auctionata

Auctions
E-Commerce
Internet
$30M15 Apr 2014 Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Plated

Cooking
E-Commerce
Hospitality
Social Media Management
$5M06 Jan 2014 New York, New York, United States

Merchantry

E-Commerce
Information Technology
Marketplace
SaaS
$7M07 May 2013 New York, New York, United States

Plated

Cooking
E-Commerce
Hospitality
Social Media Management
$1M02 Apr 2013 New York, New York, United States

Trends Brands

E-Commerce
Fashion
$4M01 Feb 2013 Moscow

Delivery Hero

E-Commerce
Food Delivery
Internet
Same Day Delivery
$29M01 Apr 2012 Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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